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Verdant Skies    by Steven Lyle Jordan
Price: $2.99 USD. 148560 words. Published on August 14, 2009. .

The four giant satellites in Earth orbit were considered oases for humanity. But when a volcanic eruption threatens to finally ruin Earth's ecosystem, the remaining peoples of Earth demand access to the satellites, and threaten to overwhelm them. And as the satellites are under siege from below, a desperate gamble for the survival of the satellite Verdant is taken...
21st Century Space Elevators - Advanced Earth-Space Infrastructure: NASA Report on Technology, Plans, Concepts, Materials, Environmental and Safety Issues    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 30960 words. Published on January 4, 2011. .

NASA workshop on space elevators based on the findings from the Advanced Space Infrastructure Workshop on Geostationary Orbiting Tether “Space Elevator” Concepts. A space elevator is a physical connection from the surface of the Earth to a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) above the Earth 35,786 km in altitude.
Lifeline    by Kevin J Anderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 138540 words. Published by WordFire Press  on May 7, 2011. .

Lifeline by Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason. In shock and grief the last remnants of the human race watch from space as the holocaust of war rages across the face of the Earth. Now the future rests in the hands of three fragile space colonies. As allies, they could unite to rebuild a better world. As enemies, they could destroy mankind’s last hope for survival.
Castle Hill or MacNab's Folly    by Bill Osborne
Price: $4.99 USD. 83490 words. Published on September 12, 2011. .

A strange tower is only one oddity Sam and Christina find on moving to a stone farmhouse in the Ottawa Valley. Despite tales of dark deeds on the hill, unfriendly pot makers and a skunk attack, they find life unexpectedly exciting with new friends, trout fishing, fire fighting, a huge storm, bike crashes, and much more. Above all, they find an act of kindness pays dividends beyond their dreams.
Shuttle    by David C. Onley
Price: $4.99 USD. 89180 words. Published by Bev Editions  on December 22, 2011. .

Edwards Air Force Base: the giant Hypersonic Jet Yorktown with the Shuttle Columbia clasped to her back, climbs to the sky. Their pioneering mission: to launch the Shuttle into space from the edge of the atmosphere. Neither craft will reach its destination. One will never return. This dramatic bestselling novel of a space mission gone perilously wrong, first published in 1981, thrills again.
They Should Have Lied To Us    by David Arsenian
Price: $1.99 USD. 6620 words. Published on January 28, 2012. .

In the year 2031, a man journals his efforts to get ready for Daisy, a giant asteroid that has just grazed the sun. According to the news, it will soon create havoc here on Earth. Must survive.
Jintao    by Jack Philip Hall
Price: $4.99 USD. 94610 words. Published on February 20, 2012. .

CEO of the largest megacorp in China has disappeared. Searching for him, his son discovers a hidden laboratory and enters the shadowlands of another dimension. Jintao is a fast paced tale of high-tech intrigue featuring intelligent avatars, ghosts, cyber crooks, government strongmen and underworld assassins.
Kisses Blood Kerosene & Silk    by Fred Robel
Price: Free! 8840 words. Published on April 11, 2012. .

A man and his dog in the desert, on an unlikely mission, with a very real deadline. Interesting events ensue; with an old airplane, a family down the road, and a short trip to Las Vegas. The man persistently continues towards his goal, which may be his undoing. This short novel (or short story), was conceived and published as written online. Here the chapters are collected for goodness.
Air Force Doctrine Document 3-14: Space Operations - Global and Theater Space Forces, Spacelift, Types of Orbits, Operational Advantages, Integrating Civil, Commercial, Foreign Space Assets    by Progressive Management
Price: $5.99 USD. 19960 words. Published on April 16, 2012. .

Our space forces perform functions that are critical for the joint force— intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; command and control; positioning, navigation, and timing; weather services; counterspace; communications; and spacelift.